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Getting Real Column - 5
Then in June 1951, the side sills and center steps also became
orange, along with the entire car side. The arrangement of me-
dallions also changed, with the SP emblem now nearest the B
end on each side, making the two car sides different, with em-
blem arrangement reversed between the two.
In this 1949-1951 period of painting changes, the shops contin-
ued to repaint many cars, so examples of each of the 1949, 1950
and 1951 schemes can be readily found in photos. As a 1953
modeler, I can accurately include samples of each in my fleet.
A comment on weathering: with most prototypes, modelers
are accustomed to weathering more heavily for older paint
schemes, and the farther a particular paint job is in the past
(relative to one’s modeling era), the dirtier it should be. But
this really cannot be applied to PFE cars. We know that thou-
sands of them were washed every year, from the 1920s into
the middle 1950s.
19: Empties westward on Sherman Hill, also in
September 1955. This image also shows the variation of
weathering among the PFE cars. – photo, John E. Shaw
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